Financial Analyst

Job Description

Financial Analyst I-III | Entergy

The Tone:
This is a hybrid role at Entergy, located in New Orleans, LA. Entergy is a provider of essential services, working to deliver reliable energy solutions to its customers. This role is crucial for monitoring, maintaining, and completing key financial and operational functions, directly supporting the Corporate group by enhancing budget management, reporting accuracy, and control processes, ultimately impacting the company’s profitability.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid, New Orleans, LA

• Team: Supports Entergy’s Corporate group
• Mission: Monitors, maintains, and completes key financial and operational functions to support budget, reporting, and controls, highlighting issues that may impact profitability, and contributing to process improvement.
• Tech Stack: MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Modeling: Creates and explains financial models or analyses, ensuring accuracy through necessary updates and documentation.
• Improvement: Suggests and implements process improvements to benefit the greater team and operational efficiency.
• Communication: Clearly communicates financial issues to teammates and internal/external customers.
• Information Gathering: Communicates with various departments and subject matter experts to understand business transactions, project risks, and investments.
• Collaboration: Works in collaboration with business units to assess industry/market trends, commodity pricing, regulatory strategies, and prepare financial comparative data for decision-making.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Engineering, or equivalent work experience focused on financial and operational functions.
• Experience: Professional experience in finance, accounting, banking, or a relevant field, ranging from 0-2 years for a Financial Analyst I, 2-4 years for a Financial Analyst II, and 3-5 years for a Financial Analyst III.
• Skills: Proficient knowledge of MS Office, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel; ability to work with minimal supervision or within a team; strong analytical and problem-solving skills; knowledge of financial theory and valuation; ability to prioritize multiple time-sensitive projects; and strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Bonus: MBA, CPA, CFA, PE or similar certificates/licenses.